celebration IX 32x36” oil on linen, as she looked at the end of my painting day today.
1:51 PM: my first glance at celebration IX when i entered the studio this morning let me know that i needed to re-work it. so i did, starting with broad strokes of white and then progressing from there. the vertical pink mark is critical in the current composition, as are the red patterns on the singer’s sleeve. she was part of the celebration following the 2020 olympics and she, like all the performers, was dressed in brightly patterned garments. whar remains of the underlying composition contributes to this figurative abstraction . as time goes on, i’m getting the hang of my new language, so that the figure(s) seamlessly integrate.